It just seems right for a man to have a 30-30 lever-action rifle and to find the time to use it for its intended purpose. For me, that's mostly white-tailed deer and coyotes, with an occasional rattlesnake and some target practice.

With two high-profile college football teams and scores of local high schools that stage their version of "Friday Night Lights" each fall, it isn't surprising that by and large, Oklahoma is a football state.

Staying safe in today's world means having a firm grasp of reality–both the harsh reality of the threats you are likely to face and the disturbing reality that help is much farther away than you think.